"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James

Friday, May 15, 2015

Daily Dose

From 84 Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COMRADE!

“I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner
read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to “I hate to read new
books,” and I hollered “Comrade!” to whoever owned it before me.”